"Some Park Rangers Are Still Owed Pay After the Shutdown"
"Federal workers were guaranteed back pay once the government reopened. Some at the National Park Service are still waiting."
Source: NYTimes, 11/25/2025
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"With Turkey as Next COP Host, Climate Talks Again Go to Authoritarians"
"United Nations climate officials announced Thursday that Turkey will host the 2026 Conference of Parties, COP31, making it the fourth time in five years that the climate talks are held in a country under authoritarian rule."
Source: Newsweek, 11/25/2025
Grants and Contracts Data — Fuel for Journalist-Gumshoes
At one time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was a reporter’s mecca for databases. Nowadays, not so much. But as the latest Reporter’s Toolbox points out, there remains a great government data source for journalists focused on environmental issues. Find out more about the official source for spending data on the U.S. government, including its superpower — search.
Student Journalists, Adviser Take on University Censorship
If it’s a journalism feel-good story you need heading into the holiday season, peek over the shoulder of the Ernie Pyle statue to the hall that houses the Media School at Indiana University Bloomington. Inside, you’ll find the heroes of the Indiana Daily Student, who, with the help of fellow journalists, stood up to suppression. WatchDog Opinion shares their inspirational story.
Tribal Radio Funding, Future Remain Uncertain After Clawback Of CPB Money
'For the past few weeks, Oitancan “Oi” Zephier has labored among piles of vinyl records nearly 2 feet high. KILI-FM, the Porcupine, South Dakota-based tribal public broadcasting station Zephier manages, has gone digital and no longer needs the records. The station is selling the records, because what it needs is cash."
Source: South Dakota Searchlight, 11/24/2025
Dumping Mining Waste In Norway’s Arctic Ocean Worries Sámi Fishers, Herders
"Mining company Blue Moon Metals plans to dispose of its mining waste in Repparfjord, a nationally protected salmon fjord in the Norwegian Arctic that Indigenous Sámi fishers rely on."
Source: Mongabay, 11/24/2025
Global Effort to Curb Emissions of a Climate Pollutant Falls Short, UN Says
"Despite the efforts of more than half of all countries worldwide to curb a key climate super-pollutant, a report released this week by the United Nations Environment Programme at the U.N. climate summit shows that global methane emissions continue to climb at a troubling pace."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/24/2025
"Arid States Prepare for EPA to Walk Away From Their Wetlands"
"Southwestern states are bracing for many of their streams to lose federal safeguards under the EPA’s proposal to lift Clean Water Act protections for many wetlands and waterways across the US. New Mexico, Arizona, California, and other arid states face the brunt of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal because it explicitly excludes streams that only run when it rains—one of the most common kinds of waterways in the desert Southwest."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/24/2025
"Trump’s Energy Department Revamp Nixes Clean-Energy Offices"
"The Trump administration is eliminating Energy Department offices focused on clean energy and renewables and, instead, creating units dedicated to hydrocarbons and fusion energy."
Source: Bloomberg, 11/24/2025
"3 Massive Changes You'll See As The Climate Careens Toward Tipping Points"
"For the past eight years, one of the primary objectives of the annual negotiations has been to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to the temperatures in the late 1800s. ... But that goal is no longer plausible, scientists say. Humanity has not cut planet-warming pollution quickly enough, and the planet will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, likely in the next decade, according to a recent United Nations report."
Source: NPR, 11/24/2025
